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Posted on Tue May 8 00:05:33 2007 by linuxuser
Negative values and GPS
Maybe I found a little bug with GPS. E.g. 27 deg 45' 21.60" N, 15 deg 34' 48.00" W is the same as 27.756 -15.58 (Canary Islands). If you enter -15.58 (minus!) _and_ _W_ I get 0, if I enter 15.58 (positive) and _W_ it is ok. Shouldn't there be a preference for the value, since it defines already the reference and therefore the reference be ignored?
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Posted on Tue May 8 00:54:11 2007 by exiftool in response to 5073
Re: Negative values and GPS
Are you talking about XMP or EXIF GPSLongitude? The EXIF coordinates should not be signed, but this will work with XMP:GPSLongitude since it carries the reference direction.

- Phil
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Posted on Tue May 8 11:44:38 2007 by linuxuser in response to 5075
Re: Negative values and GPS
I use both, and the problem is with the EXIF-group. It is written by a script and of course I can check that the entries are treated positive, but if you enter the values manually and have decimal-values it would be easier if you can ignore the reference, if there are negative coordinates. Maybe you have an idea how you can make it simplier.
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Posted on Tue May 8 15:02:22 2007 by exiftool in response to 5079
Re: Negative values and GPS
This is a good suggestion. I will implement it in the next ExifTool release.

- Phil
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